SightPhoto Blog

Well, from the beginning I haven't been very regular in keeping up this blog, but a glitch last January threw me off what little stride I had: a misplaced quotation mark in the code I used on the Blogger Web site > put a wrench in the works and proved more complicated than the typical late-night state of my brain could handle. Well, here it is, a Sunday afternoon, wife and the kids off the see "Like Mike" and the unexpected caffeine boost of a Vanilla Coke going through my system, (yeah, right I wish I got money for product placements) and all of a sudden, it was a snap to fix. So, I'm back, and ... I have nothing to say.

Not entirely true: the other day -- and this was what in part prompted me to figure out this blog thing -- a nice lady took the trouble to call up to let me know about a photo contest that would have pricked my interest, but it turns out these days they do it with lasers. Okay, she works for a company called Lenox Laser > that is in the business of making very small holes. Among other things, they sell the precision holes (and surrounding metal) needed by the modern pinhole photographer. Seems things have progressed quite a bit since the days I punched a hole in a coffee can with a hammer and nail. (In fact, take a look at the work of Justin Quinnell, who among other things has produced "A day in the life of my mouth" > using what one would assume is a very small pinhole camera). Anyway, the point of all this is that Lenox Laser would be delighted if you would enter their pinhole photography contest, > with a $1000 grand prize. The $25 entry fee includes a choice of two precision, laser-drilled pinholes, which they will provide and presumably is necessary gear for any competitive pinhole photographer today -- who wants to produce slightly blurry, atmospheric photos, instead of the old-fashioned really blurry, atmospheric photos.